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In reply to the discussion: Bank Bailout 2: Obama Lets Mortgage Abusers Off the Hook Leave No One Accountable [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)news media. Those sources proved to be way more accurate over the past decade than CNN, The NYT and many other major, so-called respected news outlets. Which is why Progressives went to them rather than the MSM who disgraced themselves as far as journalistic standards are concerned. Today, not much has changed re the MSM. They are currently rated at approx #47 on the World's Free Press Chart. So, I would not be any more confident in getting actual facts from them now than I have been since the Bush era.
People like Emptywheel, linked to in this OP, was and is one of the most reliable people on the internet when it comes to fact-checking. Which is why she has such a big Progressive following and has had for years.
But if you want to rely on the MSM for facts, that is your decision. All I can say is that it was people like those linked to in the OP who did the fact-checking on the MSM and exposed their outright lies at times, and their substituting of memos written by the RNC for actual news more often than I can remember.
I will take those progressive sources any day over the MSM because I also know that if they make a mistake, they will correct it. Still waiting for the MSM to do the same thing except when they were caught red-handed.